Wakefield News

This is the second of two parts.

Published in the December 30, 2016 edition

By MARK SARDELLA

With five elections in 2016, politics continued to dominate the headlines in 2016. After the Presidential Primary and the Town Election in the first half of the year, residents would go to the polls three more times in…

Published in the December 30, 2016 edition

Posted on: Friday, December 30, 2016

BOSTON – The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) is advising travelers to take public transportation when possible, make informed decisions, and utilize MassDOT’s many travel resources ahead of and during the New Year holiday weekend.

“We encourage everyone who will be celebrating the New Year to make responsible decisions…

Published in the December 29, 2016 edition

By MARK SARDELLA

Among other things, it was a year for elections, as 2016 presented Wakefield voters with four occasions to go to the polls. An incumbent selectman lost her seat in the April Town Election, only to win it back three months later in a rare midsummer…

Published in the December 29, 2016 edition

By GAIL LOWE

In the “olden days,” it was common practice for families to take in their elderly and care for them. Nursing home placement was rare, and assisted living facilities didn’t exist.

My family was no exception. Around Christmas time every year until I was well in…

Published in the December 29, 2016 edition

Published in the December 29, 2016 edition

By NANCY BERTAND

WAKEFIELD — The custom of Christmas trees originated in Germany and was popularly introduced in England after Queen Victoria’s marriage to the German Prince Albert. In 1848, an image of the Royal Family with their Christmas Tree was presented to the British public.

In 1850…

Published in the December 28, 2016 edition.

Published in the December 28, 2016 edition.

WAKEFIELD — There were no injuries, but one car had to be towed after a four-car pileup on North Avenue yesterday at about 11:30 a.m.

Police said that a 2007 Hyundai driven by a 49-year-old Wakefield woman had stopped to let a pedestrian cross in a crosswalk, when…

Published in the December 27, 2016 edition

WAKEFIELD — Superintendent David DiBarri announced that the Northeast Metropolitan Regional Technical Vocational High School hosted a legislative breakfast last week to discuss plans for the construction of a new building. Massachusetts Speaker of the House Robert DeLeo and House Minority Leader State Rep. Bradley Jones, who were…

Published in the December 27, 2016 edition

Published in the December 23, 2016 edition.

By GAIL LOWE

WAKEFIELD — Peter Miller, an attorney who practices private client law at Mintz Levin in Boston and lives in the Montrose neighborhood of Wakefield, will no doubt receive presents on Christmas, but perhaps the most precious gift of all is his life.

He very nearly…